How would you respond to homophobic violence?

Today I saw a news article about 2 gay men that were subjected to homophobic violence when on the NYC subway. As reported by The Advocate magazine:

Urena Morel Frankelly and his partner say they were heading south on the No. 2 train when they say a woman began taking pictures of them, leading to a confrontation where the suspects hurled antigay slurs at the couple…

When Frankelly asked the woman why she was taking a picture of him eating food on the train, the suspect allegedly responded by shouting, “Feed your face, faggot.”

An argument ensued, and the women were joined by three others and a man, who all attacked Frankelly, according to police.

Some days I consider myself fortunate to have never been the victim of homophobic violence. I have been subjected to discrimination but thankfully this has never accelerated to physical abuse or violence.

Sadly many forms of discrimination are done is a passive more subtle way as is demonstrated in this video from the ABC’s “What would you do?” show.

While not as overt as being beaten in front of a crowd of people doing nothing, the levels of homophobia demonstrated in the above video is just as vile and disgusting to watch as if it had been a bashing.

So my question to you is, have you ever been witness to homophobic violence or homophobic slurs?

What would you do if confronted with similar situations as noted above?